Vouchers won’t go on the ballot

A plan to undo the Florida Supreme Court’s ruling that a statewide school voucher program was unconstitutional failed to win a spot on the November ballot, according to a story in the Associated Press.

The measure, backed by commissioners affiliated with former governor and voucher cheerleader Jeb Bush, failed by one vote.

The state’s Taxation and Budget Reform Commission voted on whether to allow a constitutional amendment to pave the way for the vouchers, which allowed students from F-rated schools to attend private schools, including religious ones, at the taxpayer’s dime. Commissioners Greg Turbeville and Patricia Levesque, both former Bush aides, offered the measure and said it would prevent court challenges to existing voucher programs for disabled and low-income students.